isn't she lovely
ok. two days ago i was sitting at home, after whole day of getting over the dnd at disney (will post pics soon) and i caught pretty woman. a nice movie, not one of my ultimate faves but certainly watchable. i particularly like the opening shot of a pre-fame julia roberts...she looks so real in this movie. very very good writing, testament to its evergreeness that we can still watch it today without finding it cliched. none of the "I'm just a girl, standing in front of a boy asking him to love her" -like diabetically sweet ott statements.
richard gere was probably damn happy to get that part. after american giggolo, which i thought was damn cool, i'm too young to remember any other movies in between pretty woman too really form a bigger impression of him. in PW he is the good-looking rich playboy who yearns for love but prefers to spend time in the boardroom dismantling companies than time in the nursery picking out colours for the baby's comforter. in short a commitment phobe although being a hollywood movie, "he just hadnt found the right one" is the mantra of the flick. i mean admitting that richard gere was just like all the rest of us guys would surely mean box-office bomb. key words in this paragraph are in italics or made bold
i like richard gere. i liked him best in internal affairs where he plays a crooked cop(its this movie that infernal affairs was supposed to be based on which is ironic that martin scorcese is making another movie based on the hongkong trilogy...full circle indeed). he has this devil may care kinda of vibe going for him. but he wasnt really acting in this. all he does is throw a glance or two with his squinty eyes and throw a wad or two of cash and get miss roberts a whole new wardrobe. yet this was probably one of his best remembered movies.
its a waste. i mean i know the movie's more like a julia roberts vehicle but she was a newbie then man. gere's star was on the rise. i mean i don't doubt the man is talented, he was cool in "Chicago" but a tad one dimensional he may be.
but thats life aint it. pierce brosnan (my 2nd fave bond...ok maybe 3rd...roger moore's bond was funnier), andy garcia, harrison ford...all these guys have a few things in common...they can act but they are devilishly good-looking in a rougish kind of way. i respect them all in certain respects but they would never be where they are today if they looked like anyone else. someone like tom hanks though is really an exception. he practically carved out his own market. the average looking leading man.
u cant blame anyone for being good looking. you cant blame yourself for wanting to see good stuff. thats why i sometimes feel a little bemused when people say looks dont matter. it does man. haha...it always has and always will. its those people who accept that fact but realise that they prefer something more in the spiritual or personality department who's got things right.
its really up to those who got it to flaunt it the way they want it. people lacking in that have to develop some other skill and use that to their advantage. for some its a blessing to be ugly cos they develop a sharper wit or a glibber(is there such a word?) tongue or they learn to accept their fate and move on to bigger better or maybe suckier things.
still...when it comes to tv and movies - superficiality is the soup of the day. we've been slurping it for years before and its gonna be that way in years to come with baskets of bread accompanying it. so all that crap about the inner beauty being more important, throw it out of the window and tune in to the idiot box for an hour or two. when ur done, climb out the window and wear that crap back on your head. i bet you for most the craps still out there somewhere lost with the new years resolutions of old...i know i know, its too dangerous rite, climbing's for monkeys. i'm no different, cheryl tweedy u rock my boat.
you make me wanna leave the one i'm with
and start a new relationship with you
this is what you do.....
